10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPIT AND IMAGE»
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The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang
and ...
Rhyming slang for FAG UK, 1960 spit and git verb to accomplish a task quickly
US, 1972 spit and image noun an exact likeness of someone or something. The
surviving form of 'spit and fetch' (image, picture), in which 'spit' is surely the ...
Terry Victor, Tom Dalzell,
2007
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Common Errors in English Usage
spit and image/spitting image According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the
earlier form was “spitten image,” which may have evolved from “spit and image.”
It's a crude figure of speech: someone else is enough like you to have been spat
out ...
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The Evil Eye: A Casebook
... image" (or "spit and image" or "spitting image"), used to refer to a child who
greatly resembles his father (cf. Jones 1951:63, 273). The symbolic equivalence
is also attested in jokes. Legman (1968:584) reported the following abbreviated
text ...
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Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
idioms be the spitting image of sb (also be the spit and (image) of sb) to look
extremely similar to someone: Josie is the spitting image of her granny at the
same age. o The old man was the (dead) spit of Winston Churchill. • in/within
spitting ...
"idioms be the spitting image of sb(also be the spit and (image) of sb) to look
extremely similar to someone: Josie is the spitting image of her granny at the
same age. * The old man was the (dead) spit of Winston Churchill. . in/within
spitting ...
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Exploring Idioms: A Critical-Thinking Resource for Grades 4-8
Decidedly an inelegant reference to a loved one, spitting image is a corruption of
the phrase “spit and image.” It is used much like a similar phrase, chip off the old
block. For example: Karen and Carol, as cousins, were the spitting image of ...
Valeri R. Helterbran,
2008
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The Facts on File Dictionary of American Regionalisms
The phrase is also written spit and image, spitting image, spitten image and spit '
n' image. see also BREATHING IMAGE. spizzerinctum A rural Southern term
meaning “energy, enthusiasm.” “I wish I had his spizzerinctum.” splinters Kindling
...
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Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms
... of look exactly like. informal 6 The full form of the phrase is be the spit and
image of, perhaps coming from the idea spice spilce spill spilt of a person
apparently being formed from the spit of another, so great is the similarity
between them.
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Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins
This last phrase is an altered form of an earlier version, spit and image, early
examples of which, from the 1600s, describe a man as being so like another that
he could have been spat out of the latter's mouth. Another explanation is based
on ...
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Oxford Dictionary of English
originally as the spit of or the spit and image of; perhaps from the idea of a person
apparently being formed from the spit of another, so great is the similarity
between them. spittle 7noun [mass noun] saliva, especially as ejected from the
mouth.
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPIT AND IMAGE»
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Spit and image: How saliva customizes your wine tasting experience
Wine has the potential to be much more flavorful than it ever is coming out of the bottle. How much of that flavor blossoms on your palate is up to you. We all ... «Palate Pres, Jun 15»
Spit and Image
As my one-year-old proudly wiped her own nose, the wonder and beauty of mucus impressed themselves upon me. Specifically, on my shirt. My daughter had ... «Natural History Magazine, Jun 13»